as it should be

it is once again
four strings
just threads

back into
fall away
then go forward

horsehair
and gut wrapped in
nickel-steel

aroma
French
rosin
beeswax

1965 in
Kodachrome hue
faded

leather book
broken at the
spline

i smashed my thumb

i smashed my thumb
nailing shingles to the
shed roof
it hurts
so fucking much
as it
bleeds

throbbing
pain resides
and I'm still
alive in spite of
myself
today

waiting for snowfall

waiting for snowfall
the cold penetrates
the space behind
my eyes
the solitude
reminds
me
of
a quite time
behind my eyes
waiting for snowfall
tears just might freeze

John Holt: Unschooling in America (part 1)

Who is John Holt?
John Holt is an American educator and author who promotes the idea of "Unschooling". Unschooling is student-led learning: the student learns what needs to be learned at the time it needs to be learned. When's that? Well, it depends upon the individual learner, of course. Try reading his book: "How Children Fail", if you have even an ounce of compassion, you should find this book invaluable.

I wasn't really back...

...but it seems like now I am.

Been away for over one year...

...but it seems i'm back.

Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow

june is coming

tomorrow

and tomorrow

and tomorrow

june

again

Todd Plays the Bass: San Diego CA July 2006 

The Sand Devils Line-Up: San Diego CA July 2006 

The Many Faces of Ivan: San Diego CA July 2006 

Beachwood Digs The Madeira: San Diego CA July 2006 

Action Patrick: San Diego CA July 2006

forever surf at ollie's diner 

forever surf may 19 2006 

Henry Mancini : Greatest Hits

Being that I am still alive on planet Earth, I decided to purchase a new cd: Henry Mancini Greatest Hits.

Well, it's not really a NEW new cd...but, it is new to my cd collection. When I moved back to California from Missouri, I sold the major part of my lp collection to some scumfuck Missouri record dealer in Joplin. He , of course, shit himself when he looked at my Mancini lp soundtrack collection: Peter Gunn, Mr. Lucky, Hatari, A Shot in the Dark, etceteras. Of course, I sold them all for pennies on the dollar. Gas money beacuase Califonia is a long-ass drive from Missouri.

This new cd Greatest Hits is pretty GREAT...even though it doesn't have one of my favorite tunes: Fallout! (that one may still be only on lp...so what can you do?)

The highlights of this cd, however, makes it worth every penny: Peter Gunn, Mr. Lucky, Moon River, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Experiment in Terror, Charade, Pink Panther , A Shot in the Dark, Hatari, Theme from (Zifferelli's) Romeo and Juliet and even the theme from What's Happening!!

Behold the Master: Mr. Mancini's genius shines eternal...

mojave desert pole 

Link Wray

Guitar legend Link Wray died on November 5th 2005 due to heart failure. Famous for his instrumental songs "Rumble" and "Jack the Ripper", Link Wray is known for being the first musician to experiment with the sounds that pioneered rock and roll and punk styles. Link virtually invented fuzz tone by deliberately punching holes in his amplifier speakers. He was also a true pioneer of the use of distortion on instrumental rock recordings. Additionally, Link Wray developed the "power chord" style of rythym/lead guitar years before Pete Townshend utilized it in early Who recordings.

Go to Link's official site: here

The Blue Hawaiians: Live at the Lava Lounge

Saturday, October 1, 2005, at the Lava Lounge Hollywood:

The Blue Hawaiians release party for new CD "Live at the Lava Lounge 2".

...what are you waiting for?

Pete Townshend in blog-space...

Mr. Peter Townshend is now an active blogger at www.blogger.com

He will begin serial-posting of his novella "The Boy Who Heard Music" and accepting comments beginning

24 September 2005 at 1600 UTC (1700 GMT).

Bravo, Pete! And welcome to Marshall McCluhan's nightmare...it's really not all that scary, yet...

newly recorded tune...

if you enjoyed the original 1963 version of "Latin'ia" by the Sentinals, then you just might like dp's remake-home-studio-version titled "Latin'ia 2005". you can locate (and download) the mp3 at dp's myspace place:

http://www.myspace.com/dpsurfmaster